GIGLIO, Italy, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Italian divers suspended their search of the capsized cruise liner Costa Concordia after the vessel shifted slightly on its resting place near the Tuscan island of Giglio, officials said on Wednesday. Fire services spokesman Luca Cari said the search was suspended at about 8.00 a.m (0700 GMT) after a shift of a few centimetres, posing a potential threat to diving teams operating in the submerged spaces of the ship. There was no word on when work might resume.

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Rescuers work on the cruise ship Costa Concordia as lies stricken off the shore of the island of Giglio, on January 17, 2012 in Giglio Porto, Italy. More than four thousand people were on board when the ship hit a rock off the Tuscan coast. At least 11 people have been confirmed dead and another 24 missing. (Laura Lezza/Getty Images)

The cruise ship Costa Concordia lies stricken off the shore of the island of Giglio, on January 17, 2012 in Giglio Porto, Italy. (Laura Lezza/Getty Images)

Firemen approach the hole created in the side of the stricken cruise liner Costa Concordia off the Isola del Giglio on January 17, 2012. Italian prosecutors called on Tuesday for the arrested captain Francesco Schettino of a luxury cruise liner which sank off the coast of Italy to remain in custody. 'The prosecutors have asked the judge to confirm the detention,' head prosecutor Francesco Verusio told journalists, adding that a decision on whether captain Francesco Schettino would be given bail had yet to be taken.(FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images)

This underwater photo taken on January 17, 2012 at the 'Le Scole ' rock shows wreckage of the cruise liner Costa Concordia after it ran aground in front of the Isola del Giglio harbor. The captain of the doomed Italian cruise liner denied on January 17, 2012 he had abandoned ship, as rescue divers found another five bodies in the wreckage, bringing the death toll to 11. About 4,200 people were on board when the ship went down shortly after it had left a port near Rome at the start of a seven-day Mediterranean cruise, and survivors have spoken of scenes of chaos, confusion and panic on board. (STR/AFP/Getty Images)

This underwater photo taken on January 17, 2012 at the 'Le Scole ' rock shows wreckage of the cruise liner Costa Concordia after it ran aground in front of the Isola del Giglio harbor. (STR/AFP/Getty Images)

The cruise ship Costa Concordia lies stricken off the shore of the island of Giglio, on January 17, 2012 in Giglio Porto, Italy. More than four thousand people were on board when the ship hit a rock off the Tuscan coast. At least 11 people have been confirmed dead and another 24 missing. (Laura Lezza/Getty Images)

Cameramen film the stricken cruise liner Costa Concordia off the Isola del Giglio on January 17, 2012. Italian prosecutors called on Tuesday for the arrested captain Francesco Schettino of a luxury cruise liner which sank off the coast of Italy to remain in custody. 'The prosecutors have asked the judge to confirm the detention,' head prosecutor Francesco Verusio told journalists, adding that a decision on whether captain Francesco Schettino would be given bail had yet to be taken. (FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images)

Rescuers work on the cruise ship Costa Concordia as lies stricken off the shore of the island of Giglio, on January 17, 2012 in Giglio Porto, Italy. (Laura Lezza/Getty Images)

The Italian captain of the stricken cruise ship Costa Concordia, Francesco Schettino (C), is escorted by police after being questioned by prosecutors in the Grosseto court on January 17, 2012. Italian prosecutors called on January 17 for the arrested captain of of the cruise liner which sank on Janury 13 off the coast of Italy to remain in custody. The captain of the Costa Concordia was arrested on January 14, and has been accused by prosecutors of multiple homicide and abandoning the sinking ship while many passengers had yet to be evacuated. Divers searching for survivors found five more bodies on January 17, bringing the death toll to 11. (ANDREAS SOLARO/AFP/Getty Images)

Lawyer Bruno Leporatti (C) defending the captain of cruise liner Costa Concordia, Francesco Schettino, answers journalists after the captain was questioned by prosecutors in the Grosseto court on January 17, 2012. Italian prosecutors called on Tuesday for the arrested captain of a luxury cruise liner which sank off the coast of Italy to remain in custody. 'The prosecutors have asked the judge to confirm the detention,' head prosecutor Francesco Verusio told journalists, adding that a decision on whether captain Francesco Schettino would be given bail had yet to be taken. (ANDREAS SOLARO/AFP/Getty Images)

The cruise ship Costa Concordia lies stricken off the shore of the island of Giglio, on January 17, 2012 in Giglio Porto, Italy. More than four thousand people were on board when the ship hit a rock off the Tuscan coast. At least 11 people have been confirmed dead and another 24 missing. (Laura Lezza/Getty Images)